User:Dontuseurrealname/sandbox/Amado Carrillo Fuentes (rewrite)
Amado Carrillo | |
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| Born | Amado Carrillo Fuentes December 17, 1956 Guamuchilito, Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Died | July 7, 1997 (aged 40) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Other names | "El Señor de los Cielos" |
| Occupation | Drug lord |
| Employer | Head of Juárez Cartel |
| Predecessor | Rafael Aguilar Guajardo |
| Successor | Vicente Carrillo Fuentes |
| Children | Vicente Carrillo Leyva |
| Relatives | |
Amado Carrillo Fuentes (December 17, 1956 – July 7, 1997) was a Mexican narcotrafficker and drug lord. Born in Navolato, Sinaloa, he was the head of the Juárez Cartel between the years 1993 and 1997. He obtained the nickname "el Señor de los Cielos" (transl. the Lord of the Skies) due to his usage of commercial airlines to illegally traffic drugs.
Fuentes has been portrayed in various media, mainly as the main antagonist of the American television program Narcos: Mexico (2018), and in the El Señor de los Cielos (2013).
Life and criminal career
[edit]Early life and Guadalajara Cartel
[edit]Amado Carrillo Fuentes was born on December 17, 1956 in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico, to Aurora Fuentes Lopez and Walter Carrillo Vega, who was a landowner. Fuentes had eleven siblings, including his sister Alicia and his brother Cipriano.[1][2] According to local myth, Fuentes left his town of birth during his early adolescence, stating that he would not return until he gained a profit; while living in Chihuahua, Fuentes was introduced to the cannabis and opium trade, leaning how to extract opium from poppy flowers.[1] Fuentes became involved in the Guadalajara Cartel at a young age via his uncle, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, who was also the cartel's leader.[2] While being part of the Guadalajara Cartel, he oversaw the cartel's distribution of drug shipments.[3] As he consolidated himself as a prominent figure in the cartel, he attempted to get his eleven siblings to join the cartel with him. Around this time, his brother Cipriano died of unknown causes.[3][2]
Juarez Cartel
[edit]Death
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Moore, Molly (July 12, 1997). "Drug Lord Goes Home in Coffin". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Mutuc, Peter (November 18, 2021). "Narcos: Mexico's Amado Carillo Fuentes Is Still Alive - Theory Explained". ScreenRant. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ a b 161385360554578 (November 13, 2021). "Who was Amado Carrillo Fuentes and what happened to him?". The US Sun. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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